Regular cancer screening is crucial for early detection and treatment of cancer.Most cancer screening methods are cumbersome,invasive,and expensive,especially when conducting multi-organ examinations.How to improve the speed and effectiveness of routine cancer screening remains a significant challenge in healthcare.Multi-cancer early detection is a promising concept and a potentially effective solution to the current routine cancer screening methods.In recent years,several multi-cancer early detection technologies have been developed,such as detecting cell-free tumor DNA in blood,electronic nose technology,and using organisms like Caenorhabditis elegans as early cancer detection tools,with testing samples of non-blood fluids such as exhaled breath condensate and urine.
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